Title :
Indirect Measurement of the Temperature in a Resistive Furnace
Author :
Mouzinho, L.F. ; FonsecaNeto, J.V. ; Luciano, B.A. ; Freire, R.C.S. ; Catunda, S.Y.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., CEFET/MA, Sao Luis
Abstract :
The development of an indirect measurement model for electro thermal furnace and its implementation in a reconfigurable architecture are the main issues of this article. The proposed measurement system is based on the system model, the principle of conservation of energy and the laws of thermodynamics are applied to build a model of the thermal system and the Kalman theory is applied for filtering and prediction of the temperatures inside of a resistive furnace. Three setup are established to evaluate the performance of the indirect measurement system: implementation off-line of the algorithm on a test platform, the indirect measurement system is connected on the furnace hardware for standalone and real time operations. The measurement algorithm can be seen as good alternative for temperature indirect measurements systems, due to its effectiveness and simplicity during the performance evaluations
Keywords :
Kalman filters; furnaces; temperature measurement; thermodynamics; Kalman theory; electro thermal furnace; energy conservation; furnace hardware; indirect temperature measurement; reconfigurable architecture; resistive furnace; thermal system; Energy measurement; Filtering theory; Furnaces; Kalman filters; Predictive models; Reconfigurable architectures; System testing; Temperature measurement; Thermal resistance; Thermodynamics; Kalman filter; estimation; furnace temperature; indirect measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sorrento
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9359-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1091-5281
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2006.328664
